Create Bloomberg Connects maps

A site map for your institution helps visitors locate objects, exhibitions, and activities—as well as cafes, shops, and restrooms—floor-by-floor and across outdoor grounds.

To ensure the best user experience, maps in the Bloomberg Connects app follow a distinct style. To create maps in the appropriate style, you can send the Bloomberg Connects Marketing team the map (or maps) of your organization and our team will redesign them. For any questions about designing your own maps, please reach out to your Onboarding Manager.

Submit your maps

Steps

1. Make sure that you have a separate map for each floor of your organization.

   The style of the map isn’t important. We can even work from a sketch or architectural drawing. 

2. Convert the images of your maps into PDF format.
3. Mark up the PDF with necessary edits using sticky notes/comments in the PDF. If not already indicated on the exiting maps, be sure to include: 
   • Bathrooms
   • Accessible bathrooms
   • Elevators
   • Stairs
   • Entrance/exit
   • Rooms that are off-limits to the public
   • Info desk
   • External streets, if applicable

   • Name of the building, floor number, and so on.

     Note:  To help the design team identify specific areas (for example, restricted zones or sections), you can add the gallery names as comments on the PDF or in the submission form.

4. Submit your PDF using this form.

After you submit your maps, a Bloomberg Connects marketing project manager reviews your submission within 5 business days. If they need more information to start your request, they email you.

"Before and after" example

Compare the original and updated maps below. Though the original map works well for its intended purpose, several updates were made to make it more successful in a Connects guide.

We separated the floors into individual files and rotated the map to better fit a small phone screen. We also removed some of the fine details and used standard, accessible colors and formatting.

Icons

Font

The font used throughout the Bloomberg Connects app is "Connects Diatype Bold."

Colors

Text labels

Our designers do not use text labels on maps. Instead, we recommend using pins to identify locations. Pins keep maps clearer, easier to read on mobile devices, and more flexible when content changes. We encourage you to use pins for any locations or points of interest you’d like to highlight. For more, see Map pins.

Examples